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The United States

In: Wage Differentials

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  • Fumio Ohtake

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Recently, a renewed interest in wage structure analysis has been brought about by the increase in wage inequality observed in the USA during the 1980s. In particular, there has been a lot of research on the increasing wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers, and with respect to educational attainment. The following reasons have been pointed out as causes of increased wage differences: (1) the increase in supply of unskilled and poorly educated workers (Katz and Murphy, 1992; Borjas, Freeman and Katz, 1992); (2) the decrease in demand for unskilled workers due to an increase in the imports of labour-intensive goods (Murphy and Welch, 1992; Johnson and Stafford, 1993); (3) technological progress with a biased demand towards skilled and highly educated labour (Bound and Johnson, 1992; Davis and Haltiwanger, 1991; Mincer, 1993); (4) the decrease of the union participation rate (Freeman, 1993); and (5) the increase of foreign competition in concentrated industries (Borjas and Ramey, 1995).

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  • Fumio Ohtake, 1998. "The United States," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Toshiaki Tachibanaki (ed.), Wage Differentials, chapter 4, pages 108-144, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-26281-6_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26281-6_4
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    1. Ono, Hiroshi & Rebick, Marcus, 2002. "Impediments to the Productive Employment of Labor in Japan," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 500, Stockholm School of Economics.
    2. Hiroshi Ono & Marcus Rebick, 2003. "Constraints on the Level and Efficient Use of Labor," NBER Chapters, in: Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan, pages 225-258, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Hiroshi Ono & Marcus E. Rebick, 2003. "Constraints on the Level and Efficient Use of Labor in Japan," NBER Working Papers 9484, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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